Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary

Front Cover

From inside the book

Other editions - View all

Common terms and phrases

Popular passages

Page 34 - and Punishment, according to Law. Section 4- ' The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators. 'The Congress shall assemble at least
Page 44 - to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. (Declared ratified April 3,1961.) AMENDMENT XXIV Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote In any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by
Page 43 - Section 2. The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall begin at noon on the 3d day of January, unless they shall by law appoint a different day. Section 3. If, at the time for the beginning of the term of
Page 37 - Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them. Section 2. "The President shall be Commander in
Page 45 - the powers and duties of his office. Thereupon Congress shall decide the Issue, assembling within forty-eight hours for that purpose if not in session. If the Congress, within twenty-one days after receipt of the latter written declaration, or, if Congress is not in session, within twenty-one days after
Page 26 - XXTV Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by
Page 34 - those Present, be entered on the Journal. 4 Neither House, during the Session of Congress, shall, without the Consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other Place than that In which the two Houses shall be sitting. Section 6. ' The Senators and Representatives shall receive
Page 43 - any State on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. (Declared ratified August 26,1920.) AMENDMENT XX Section 1. The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the
Page 45 - is required to assemble, determines by two-thirds vote of both Houses that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall continue to discharge the same as Acting President ; otherwise,
Page 154 - prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color or national origin in federally assisted programs. To date, however, although states receive in excess of $2.5 billion in federal funds for social services, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in HEW has never published policy guidelines for the states to use in monitoring the administration of social

Bibliographic information